She potty鈥檚 most of the time outside. She goes on her own. But then at night. I guess she gets lazy or just doesn鈥檛 care and pisses on the carpet! So im not sure what鈥檚 going on here. She is a 4 month old Chihuahua. I adore her and I want to give her full reign of the house but I fear its to early for that. I have given her three chances and she just keeps having accidents and its really disappointing to be perfectly frank. I want her to be my buddy and be my shadow. But I cant leave her alone or she will just potty everywhere. So what鈥檚 wrong? I think I need to go back to crate training until she is 100% aware that going potty in the house is NOT expectable and the consequences of her actions could mean her death. Lol just kidding. No really help me out
Answers:
My 3 mo Hound puppy does the same thing, you just gotta take them out every half hour for a few days and let them pee outside until they realize that they are bad doing that indoors. Are you hitting her and rubbing her nose in it? That is what you MUST do in order to teach her that it's bad. I started rubbing my Hound's nose in it and he hasn't done that in 3 days!
Well for one small dogs need to go more often.Two maybe you should have her checked for a bladder infection by a vet there could be somthing going on.I dont have that problem mine is litter trained I use yesterdays news by purina in a litter box .Maybe you should train her to go in there.My chi was very easy to potty train they are very smart dogs.
well think of it this way,dogs are pack animals and like to be close to people, they also dont like to eliminate in their den area,
so say when i was house training my pitt bull puppy she was pretty big about 20-30 pounds at the time, it was much easier to houstrain her compared to say a 3-5 pound chihuahua because their perception of space is different
to my dog across the room was a couple of steps away so she didnt want to eliminate there, while to your chihuahua across the room is worlds aways
so the trick try making the area she is allowed to roam smaller, sure you want to giver her full roam of the house but that can take a while shes only 4 months shes got time
for more help go here http://www.articledashboard.com/article/...
They should still be crated and not have free run of the house until 1 year of age. They are not reliably potty trained until about 6 months typically, and you need to watch them like a hawk unitl about a year.
At one year, start letting them have freedom slowly. Let them do what they want for about 15 minutes each day. If they do well for a few days, go up to 30 minutes. After a few days of that, an hour. If they mess up, go back to the amount of time that they didn't mess up and start over. Work your way up to all day and that is the trick!!
4 months is just WAY too young to expect a puppy to behave herself. She is still basically a toddler and it would be like letting a 2-3 year old human loose in your house and expecting them to behave.
Use the crate. Trust me!
Unfortunatly...small dogs almost never get totaly poddy trained. I have a chihuahua who is not one and I can not leave her home out of her crate. Its so frustrating there have been a few times I cried because I just wanted my dog to understand why I was so upset. They are dogs...they dont know why they are in trouble. There is hope.
Start by reinforcing her crate training. Make her eat and sleep in there and only let her out when you are able to watch her. Next regulate her food and water intake feed her at the same time every day (she dosent need more a 1/3 cup of food daily) after she has eaten take her out to go poddy and give her a comand like go peepees or something you feel comfortable with...make sure to use the same phrase every time. Your puppy is still little and hasnt fully grasped the concept of going poddy out side. Dont give her free reign of the house yet...she too little and its not safe...she could find things to chew on that you probably dont want her too.
Even now my dog cannot be left out of her crate...even if ive allready taken her out and its only for 20 min while I go to the store. She will pee where ever she wants. So crating is really great for their whole lives. Once your baby gets a little bit older and hasnt had an accident for a while then try letting her sleep with you. Now that mines older she does just fine througn the night...just cant leave her out and alone. Stuborn puppy
You could try "piddle pads", housebreaking pads and confine her to a small area. Also, clean the areas on the carpet where she's had "accidents". If she can smell where she "wet" before, she'll go back to that spot again...
Chihuahuas are a very high strung, nervous dog, so just be patient and make sure you take her outside before bedtime. Be sure to praise her when she potty's outside!
She still just a baby... a baby. 4 months old is still very, very young. Far too young to hold it all night. You may have to go back to the crate, or break up your night and take her out somewhere in the middle. If she sleeps in your room I'm surprised you didn't hear her start stirring. How can you be disappointed? She's a baby!! Sound like she's just where she's supposed to be in her training. She'll be fine. I wish you two the best in your new adventures together. Good luck!
At 4 mos. her little bladder is'nt strong enough to hold it all night.SHE CAN'T HELP IT!
Put her on a schedule just like you would a child.Feed her and take her outside 15-20 minutes later and stay with her until you see she's gone.Make sure she does ALL her buisness before you let her back in.Then every 2 hours after that take her outside if you can.If not then confine her to one room while you're away and put newspapers down for her to go on.
During the night you're just going to have to get out of bed half-way thru the night and take her out to go.
She does'nt like going in the house any more than you do.Dogs are not vindictive or lazy creatures.She's probably showing you signs she needs out but you are'nt paying attention so stop blaming her.
If you refuse to accept the fact that she's not that unlike a human child and you cannot tell her and show her one time what she's to do then demand she comply immediately and perform correctly every time after that.
3 times and you've had it.How many times did you mess your pants when you were being potty trained?How many months did it take and how frustrated was your mom that you just could'nt seem to grasp the concept of going to the toilet or letting someone know you needed to go?How disappointed was your mom in you?But you expect a dog to come from it's mother knowing what it took you months to learn if not longer?
Did anyone EVER say to you as a child "YOU HAVE TO DO THINGS THIS WAY OR WE"LL HAVE YOU PUT DOWN?
Shame on you!!!Your poor puppy is a baby.It needs to be taught was is and is not acceptable.Patience and understanding go a long way in training but if you're ready to throw your hands in the air and give up when you are'nt doing your part after only 3 accidents then you need to get rid of the dog NOW before you completely ruin her for anyone who has the time and patience to train her.
The pups become very tired by night time and their training goes out the window. Get her back in the crate until she is doing better with the urinating issue. When they get tired they play too much, get wound up, drink too much water, and pee!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment